There’s a man in Chile (another source said Mexico) who has been covering his entire body in Julia Roberts tattoos. He began in 2000 after seeing Erin Brockovich, and since then, he’s added 81 more tattoos. He hopes to continue until he either runs out of money or body parts. This seems gruesome and bizarre, but I don’t think so. Or, to put it more clearly, his form of devotion is not all that unique. He’s just much more willing to be honest about his idolatry and devotion than we are about the idols and objects of devotion we cover our bodies or lives with. Things, which, by the way, deform us far less obviously but far more significantly than what he’s doing.
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